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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what location is Clare when she replies to Tom Benecke's query about going out alone?
2. In what room of the apartment is Tom Benecke's desk located?
3. On what floor of their building do the Beneckes live?
4. At what object does Clare Benecke look as she tells Tom Benecke that he works too hard?
5. On what street is the place located at which Tom Benecke had spent "a dozen lunch hours and early evenings" (16)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why and how does Finney portray forward momentum as a negative force within business?
2. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative in the first ten paragraphs of the story?
3. What kinds of implements does Tom Benecke consider in his quest to reach the yellow sheet of paper from his window?
4. What does the yellow sheet of paper symbolize?
5. What is the setting of the story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," and how is the setting used to amplify suspense?
6. What event occurs that causes Tom Benecke to bang his head against the building wall, nearly leading to his death?
7. To what aspect of his life does Tom Benecke link his "guilty conscience" (1) at the start of the story?
8. How does Tom Benecke feel about the idea of abandoning the yellow sheet of paper at the beginning of the story?
9. Discuss the way in which Finney uses the hypothetical with a particular purpose in mind in Paragraph 20.
10. Discuss how Finney employs sensory details as a means to create suspense.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Finney’s messages about guilt and responsibility within "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket."
Essay Topic 2
Determine Jack Finney's message within "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket" regarding the idea that a person’s entire life can be wasted in the pursuit of success in business.
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Jack Finney's story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket." Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the story.
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